15-1185. School district responsibility;
integration into a school
A. For a child who is placed in a private residential facility pursuant to this
article, the home school district is responsible for reviewing the child's educational
progress and planning for integrating the child into a public school when it is
educationally appropriate.
B. The private residential facility and the state placing agency shall work with
the home school district for purposes of integrating the child into a public school when
it is educationally appropriate.
C. If a child who has been placed in a private residential facility for care,
safety or treatment reasons attends a public school in other than the home school
district on either a part-time or full-time basis, the residential education voucher
terminates and the following apply:
1. The school district of attendance must apply for a certificate of educational
convenience as provided in section 15-825, subsection B.
2. If the child attends school in the residential facility on a part-time basis,
the school district of attendance must apply for a certificate of educational convenience
and either provide direct services in the residential facility or contract with the
residential facility for that portion of educational services that the private
residential facility is to provide.
D. If a child who requires residential special education placement is placed
outside of the home school district and is able to attend a nonresidential school on a
part-time basis, the residential special education placement voucher terminates. The
school district of attendance shall apply for a certificate of educational convenience
and pay a prorated tuition amount to the private residential facility.
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